Introducing the Word of Psychology

Introducing the Word of Psychology

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1. Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Psychology
   1. Why Is Psychology Important to You?5
   2. What Do Psychologists Investigate?12
   3. How Do Psychologists Conduct Research?22
   4. Putting Psychology to Work: What Can You Do with a Degree in Psychology?42
2. Chapter 2: The Role of Biology in Psychology44
   1. How Does Your Nervous System Affect You?46
   2. How Do the Parts of Your Brain Function?58
   3. How Does Your Brain Communicate with Your Body?71
   4. How Do Nature and Nurture Affect Your Brain?7
   5. Putting Psychology to Work: How Can Understanding Biological Psychology Help You in Your Job?85
3. Chapter 3: Consciousness86
   1. What Does It Mean to Be Conscious?88
   2. How Does Sleep Affect Consciousness?100
   3. How Do Hypnosis, Meditation, and Flow Alter Consciousness?110
   4. How Do Drugs Alter Consciousness?116
   5. Putting Psychology to Work: How Can Understanding Consciousness Help You in Your Job?127
4. Chapter 4: Development Across the Life Span128
   1. How Does Development Happen in the Womb?130
   2. How Do Infants and Children Develop?137
   3. How Do Adolescents Develop?151
   4. How Do Adults Develop?158
5. Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception170
   1. How Do Sensation and Perception Affect You?172
   2. How Do You See?177
   3. How Do You Hear?190
   4. How Are You Able to Taste and Smell?197
   5. How Do You Feel Touch and Pain?203
6. Chapter 6: Learning212
   1. How Do You Learn?214
   2. How Do You Learn Through Classical Conditioning?218
   3. How Do You Learn Through Operant Conditioning?228
   4. How Do You Learn by Watching Others?241
7. Chapter 7: Memory250
   1. How Do You Create Memories?252
   2. How Do You Maintain Memories over Time?257
   3. What Are Your Different Long-Term Storage Systems?268
   4. How Do You Retrieve Memories?278
8. Chapter 8: Thinking and Intelligence292
   1. What Is Thinking?294
   2. How Do You Use Thinking?301
   3. What Is Intelligence?312
   4. How Is Intelligence Measured?319
9. Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion334
   1. What Motivates Your Behavior?336
   2. What Are Your Most Important Motivated Behaviors?344
   3. How Do You Experience Emotions?353
   4. How Do Emotions Affect You?366
10. Chapter 10: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality376
    1. How Does Biology Make People More Male or Female?378
    2. Why Do People Act Masculine or Feminine?386
    3. How Do People Vary in Sexual Orientation?396
    4. What Motivates People to Have Sexual Relations (or Not To)?404
11. Chapter 11: Health and Well-Being420
    1. What Affects Your Health?422
    2. How Does Stress Affect Your Health?439
    3. How Do Mediating Factors Affect Your Stress?446
    4. Can a Positive Attitude Keep You Healthy?451
12. Chapter 12: Social Psychology462
    1. How Do You Think About Other People?464
    2. How Do Your Attitudes Affect You?472
    3. How Do Other People Influence You?478
    4. How Can You Develop Strong Relationships?491
13. Chapter 13: Self and Personality502
    1. How Do You Know Yourself?504
    2. How Can You Understand Personality?514
    3. How Does Biology Affect Personality?526
    4. How Can Personality Be Assessed?533
14. Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders544
    1. What Is a Psychological Disorder?546
    2. How Do People Experience Disorders of Emotion?555
    3. How Do People Experience Disorders of Thought?569
    4. How Do People Experience Disorders of Self?574
    5. What Disorders Affect Children?581
15. Chapter 15: Psychological Treatments592
    1. How Are Psychological Disorders Treated?595
    2. What Are the Most Effective Treatments?608
    3. Can Personality Disorders Be Treated?620